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The Pornography Wars

The Past, Present, and Future of America's Obscene Obsession

by Kelsy Burke
Kelsy Burke
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For readers of Peggy Orenstein and Rebecca Traister, an authoritative, big think look at pornography in all its facets - historical, religious, and cultural. In the 1960s, sex researchers Masters and Johnson declared the end of the fake orgasm. Nearly two decades later, in 1982, evangelical activist Tim LaHaye foretold that the entire pornography industry would soon be driven out of business. Neither prediction proved true. Instead, with the rise of the internet, pornography saturates the American conscience more than ever and has reshaped our understanding of sexuality, relationships, media, and even the nature of addiction. Dr. Kelsy Burke has spent the last five years researching and interviewing internet pornography's opponents and its sympathizers. In The Pornography Wars, Burke does a deep dive into the long history of pornography in America and then turns her gaze on our present society to examine the ways this industry touches on the most intimate parts of American lives. She offers a complete understanding of the major players in the debates around porn's place in society: everyone from sex workers, activists, therapists, religious leaders, and consumers. In doing so, she addresses and debunks the myths that surround porn and porn usage while showing how everything from the way we teach children about sex to the legal protections for what can be published is tied up in the deeply complicated battles over pornography. Sweeping, savvy, and deeply researched, The Pornography Wars is a necessary and comprehensive new look at pornography and American life.

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    April 25, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781639730308
      • File size: 335375 KB
      • Duration: 11:38:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 28, 2022
      Sociologist Burke (Christians Under Covers) delivers a compassionate and well-balanced study of “the many people, past and present, who believe they know the truth when it comes to pornography and who seek to shape both the culture and the law.” Analyzing the cultural and ideological underpinnings of positions taken by pornographers, feminists, sex workers, conservative Christians, feminists, anti–sex trafficking crusaders, and more, Burke sketches the history of antiobscenity laws from the 1873 Comstock Act to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. California that established new national standards for determining whether a work is obscene and therefore falls outside First Amendment protections. Elsewhere, Burke compares the viewpoints of the Christian right and antipornography feminists, examines how sex trafficking laws are “chipping away at the legality of internet pornography,” discusses the rise of porn addiction recovery programs, visits antitrafficking conferences and adult entertainment trade shows, and probes the impact of young people using unrealistic porn as ad hoc sex education. Burke’s own background as a born-again Christian who left the Baptist church after coming out as a lesbian informs her refreshingly unbiased approach. The result is an astute and forthright presentation of a hotly contested issue. Agent: Amy Bishop, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

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